Suppose someone lives next door to a mental health care home. One of the resident patients breaks into the person's house by forcing themselves through the window.

Who would be liable for the break-in?

• The patient (even if severely disabled, eg, not speaking)
• The care home and its owners
• The council (which gave planning permission to the care home and ignored prior complaints about the mental home)
• Someone else / nobody

Suppose someone lives next door to a mental health care home. One of the resident patients climbs out of the care home and breaks into the neighbour's house.

Who would be liable for the break-in?

• The patient (even if severely disabled, eg, not speaking)
• The care home and its owners
• The council (which gave planning permission to the care home and ignored prior complaints about the patients)
• Someone else / nobody